government official

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentandofficial

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Another co-worker recalled him saying that 'he didn't want to have anygovernmentofficialtelling him what to do'.
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He was always a talented, painstakinggovernmentofficial, and though he played little role on the national stage, his favour as licenser was crucial to authors and publishers.
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Accuracy is a difficult concept (as thegovernmentofficialmight have said to the tribunal).
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Have you in the last three or four years written to, spoken to, or personally gone to see a local or nationalgovernmentofficialabout some public problem or issue?
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We can avoid this responsibility so long as the power to decide the particular case-in-point is clearly vested in someone else, for example, a duly electedgovernmentofficial.
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Even without a cursory evaluation of their credibility, one can fairly ask whether the pronouncements of agovernmentofficialare worthy evidence on which to base one's analysis.
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Abukhalil accurately suggests that bakhsh-sh is "bribery used by citizens to expedite governmental i transactions" or "to obtain access to a highgovernmentofficial" (p. 39).
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There was not one militarygovernmentofficialwho was not willing to do any work that we asked of him.
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We have a trade gap at a time of recession of £12 billion this year and agovernmentofficialforecast of £15.5 billion next year.
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It concerns a localgovernmentofficialwith many years service and an unblemished record.
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While that puts additional duties on them, it would eliminate a considerable wastage of the time of a localgovernmentofficial.
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In other words, something which the most simple company orgovernmentofficialknows leads to adversity, confusion and, ultimately, inefficiency?
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But so far as the localgovernmentofficialis concerned, he is in a very delicate position.
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However, there are occasions when the interests and the duty of a localgovernmentofficialcan come into conflict.
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A localgovernmentofficialsaid that every examination of the causes and issues led back to the need to build up family and child care.
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I had a very irate letter from a very important localgovernmentofficialwho, in his private capacity, has to share with another subscriber.
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That localgovernmentofficialbelieves that it is all a waste of time, and that is the feeling of many local authorities.
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